I take pen in hand to inform you that I am well and enjoying life as well as could be expected from a soldier in front of the enemy. We are here yet whare I last wrote. we are haveing quite a rest. nothing new worthey of note. only night before last the Rebs made an attact on Byrnsides darkies a little on our right and got whiped. the Rebs got piled up like cutting grass. our men opened on them with a cross fire of grape and cannister. not much loss on our side. we took a lot of prissoners. Our Boys like to have the Rebs charge on them. we always whip them like fun. . . .

The Soldier Boy Lieut T J. Dean

The weather is very dry no rain since the 3rd of June not enough at aney time to lay the dust.

Source:

In possession of Kathryn W. Lerch and part of manuscript history of Eighth New York Heavy Artillery 1862-1865 ↩